Dynamics of vacancy island coalescence on Ag(111)

被引:43
作者
Esser, M
Morgenstern, K
Rosenfeld, G
Comsa, G
机构
[1] Forschungszentrum Julich, Inst Grenzflachenforsch & Vakuumphys, D-52425 Julich, Germany
[2] Univ Bonn, Inst Phys & Theoret Chem, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
关键词
clusters; scanning tunnelling microscopy; silver; single crystal surfaces; sintering; surface diffusion;
D O I
10.1016/S0039-6028(98)00021-1
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The reshaping of two-dimensional vacancy islands during coalescence has been studied experimentally on a Ag(lll) surface at room temperature using a fast scanning tunneling microscope. Different stages of the coalescence event have been found: the initial break-up of the narrow region separating the two islands (neck formation), the subsequent widening of the neck until an elongated shape has evolved, and the final relaxation to the equilibrium shape, which is an equilateral hexagon with rounded corners. The relaxation time for reshaping is found to be a strong function of the island size: for coalescence events involving islands of a similar size it scales roughly with the third to fourth power of the island diameter. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:341 / 345
页数:5
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